[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5248-5249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2665]


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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice of Lodging of Consent Decree Pursuant to the Comprehensive 
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, As 
Amended

    In accordance with Department of Justice policy, 28 CFR 50.7, 
notice is hereby given that a proposed consent decree in the action 
entitled United States and State of New Jersey versus Irving I. Ellis, 
Civil Action No. 93-1661 (GEB) (D.N.J.), was lodged on January 16, 1997 
with the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. 
The proposed consent decree resolves the claims by the United States 
and the State of New Jersey under the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended 
(``CERCLA''), 42 U.S.C. 9601-9675, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency and the New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection against the defendant, Irving I. Ellis. These claims are for 
recovery of response costs

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incurred and to be incurred by the United States and the State of New 
Jersey in connection with the Ellis Property Superfund Site (``Site'') 
in Burlington County, New Jersey.
    Under the terms of the proposed consent decree, Mr. Ellis, the 
owner of the Site, will sell the Site after its remediation and pay 43 
percent of the proceeds of the sale to the United States and 17 percent 
of the proceeds to the State of New Jersey in reimbursement of response 
costs.
    The Department of Justice will receive, for a period of thirty (30) 
days from the date of this publication, comments relating to the 
proposed consent decree. Comments should be addressed to the Assistant 
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. 
Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 20530, and should refer to 
United States and State of New Jersey versus Irving I. Ellis, Civil 
Action No. 93-1661 (GEB), DOJ Ref. No. 90-11-3-1140.
    The proposed consent decree may be examined at the Office of the 
United States Attorney, 970 Broad Street, Newark, New Jersey 07102; the 
Region II Office of the Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 
New York, New York 10007-1866; and the Consent Decree Library, 1120 G 
Street, N.W., 4th Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005, telephone (202) 624-
0892. A copy of the proposed consent decree may be obtained in person 
or by mail from the Consent Decree Library. In requesting a copy, 
please refer to the referenced case and enclose a check in the amount 
of $7.25 (25 cents per page reproduction costs) made payable to Consent 
Decree Library.
Joel Gross,
Chief, Environmental Enforcement Section, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division.
[FR Doc. 97-2665 Filed 2-3-97; 8:45 am]
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